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Now advocates are pushing for change and more discretion when it comes to the use of deadly force by police in Vermont.

Allen Gilbert, the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, says this shooting is especially alarming because officers fired nearly 30 shots at the suspect.

It started with a chase after Vermont State Troopers say they saw Eric Jackson, 28, roll through a stop sign early on a Wednesday morning at the end of May.

Jackson is a convicted felon and was on furlough from prison at the time.

At times speeds topped more than 100 mph. The chase went on for 15 minutes through Orleans and Caledonia counties.

Jackson finally stopped. He then rammed a police cruiser.

That's when officers opened fire. Altogether 29 shots are fired. Officers were firing at Jackson after his Jeep got stuck in an embankment and didn't stop until he slumped over in his seat. He was hit multiple times in the face, stomach, shoulder and hand.

The attorney general ruled those troopers, Sgt. Denis Girouard and Trooper Seth Loomis, were justified in their use of deadly force because "they were in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury."

“I think people feel especially in a case like this that there's something that's out of whack if 29 shots are fired at a person who is stuck in a car is justified,” Gilbert said.

Gilbert wants Vermont’s deadly force policy reviewed.

”It seems police are using guns an awful lot,” Gilbert explained.

Since 2000 there have been 32 officer-involved shootings in the state of Vermont. They've all been ruled justified except for two.

“The attorney general sees himself as the state's top cop and when you have cops investigating cops there's always at least the suspicion that there's not the objectivity that is needed when there's a case like this,” Gilbert said.

Gilbert also referenced the November indictment of Winooski police officer Jason Nokes on charges of aggravated assault and reckless endangerment after he shot a mentally-ill man.

Gilbert said in that case it was a grand jury reviewing the shooting not the attorney general, and it's one of only two cases since 2000 that an officer-involved shooting was not ruled justified.

More evidence, Gilbert said, of the need for an independent panel to review these cases.